“Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another's skin, another's voice, another's soul.”
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“Writing, real writing, should leave a small sweet bruise somewhere on the writer . . . and on the reader.”
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“Nothing is slower than the true birth of a man.”
― Memoirs of Hadrian
― Memoirs of Hadrian
“Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies-"God damn it, you've got to be kind.”
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“Pain is easy to write. In pain we're all happily individual. But what can one write about happiness?”
― The End of the Affair
― The End of the Affair
Bruce’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Bruce’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Art, Biography, Classics, Crime, History, Humor and Comedy, Memoir, Mystery, Non-fiction, Philosophy, and Science
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